The Crimson Gardenia (1919)
Wastrel New York millionaire Roland Van Dam travels to New Orleans during Mardi Gras, looking for adventure and romance. Because the costume he is wearing includes a red gardenia, he is mistaken for escaped prisoner Emile Le Duc by a woman (who turns out to be a long-lost cousin) who was to meet Le Duc, who was to be wearing a red gardenia. It turns out that Le Duc is the head of a vicious gang of counterfeiters, and Roland winds up getting in more adventures than he had hoped for.
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Wastrel New York millionaire Roland Van Dam travels to New Orleans during Mardi Gras, looking for adventure and romance. Because the costume he is wearing includes a red gardenia, he is mistaken for escaped prisoner Emile Le Duc by a woman (who turns out to be a long-lost cousin) who was to meet Le Duc, who was to be wearing a red gardenia. It turns out that Le Duc is the head of a vicious gang of counterfeiters, and Roland winds up getting in more adventures than he had hoped for.
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Genre:Adventure, Drama
Written By:Rex Beach
In Theaters:6/14/1919
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Runtime:60 minutes
Studio:Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, Rex Beach Pictures Company
Cast
Reginald Barker
Director
Owen Moore
Roland Van Dam
Hedda Nova
Madelon Dorette
Hector V. Sarno
Emile Le Duc
Sydney Deane
Papa la Forge (as Sidney Deane)
Tully Marshall
Alfred le Duc
Gertrude Claire
Mere Felice
Alec B. Francis
Mr. Banniman
Sidney Ainsworth
Francois
Edwin Stevens
Jean
Betty Schade
Eleanor Banniman
Kate Lester
Mrs. Banniman
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